{"id":10649,"date":"2016-05-25T16:40:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=10649"},"modified":"2016-05-25T16:40:43","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:40:43","slug":"cardiff-university-lecturers-picket-over-pay-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/cardiff-university-lecturers-picket-over-pay-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff University lecturers picket over pay deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STAFF\u00a0from Cardiff University manned picket lines today as part of a national walkout after pay negotiations with employers broke down.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gz88W6zOTY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_gz88W6zOTY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><br \/>\nCardiff Central AM Jenny Rathbone addressed a group of about 30 striking lecturers and support staff\u00a0outside the University&#8217;s main building on Park Place.<br \/>\n\u201cThe university is making a huge mistake here because a successful organisation has to have a united workforce. It is no use building lots of flash new buildings if the people working in them are going to be feeling dissatisfied and not valued,&#8221; she said.<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s not sustainable to give pay rises of almost six per cent to your senior people and just one per cent to the rest of the workforce.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Cardiff lecturers join members of the University and College Union on strike across the country today and Thursday. The UCU called the action over a 1.1 per cent pay increase offered to staff by the College Employers Association.<br \/>\nThe UCU says that university leaders have been given a 5.1 per cent pay increase in 2014\/15 while real terms pay for lecturers and staff has fallen by over 14 per cent in real terms since 2009.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10656\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10656\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cardiffucu-e1464187983214.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10656\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10656 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cardiffucu-e1464187983214.jpg\" alt=\"cardiff ucu president\" width=\"740\" height=\"609\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10656 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/cardiffucu-e1464187983214.jpg\" alt=\"cardiff ucu president\" width=\"740\" height=\"609\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>UCU Cardiff branch president Ryan Prout cuts up a fake bank note during his speech<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nRyan Prout, Cardiff UCU branch president, told the crowd the proposed 1.1 per cent increase had not kept up with inflation. He said: \u201cGoing out on strike is not a decision anyone has taken lightly. Every day we work hard across the UK to support, develop and improve the life chances of 2.3 million students.<br \/>\n\u201cNo USU member wants to harm our students\u2019 education but we can\u2019t sit back and watch our pay eroded, inequality grow unchallenged and employment become more insecure every year.\u201d<br \/>\nStrikes will continue tomorrow and the UCU has pledged to take further action including a boycott of marking students&#8217; work in the autumn term and strikes which may affect open days, graduation ceremonies and the clearing process.<br \/>\nThe UCU says 75,000 university staff are currently on &#8220;casualised&#8221; contracts with 21,000 on zero-hours contracts while men earn 12.6 per cent more than their female counterparts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STAFF\u00a0from Cardiff University manned picket lines today as part of a national walkout after pay negotiations with employers broke down. 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